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For skin improvers—to take off thesummer's tan and to cure chappedhands and lips, we have two superiorarticles — HAZOINA, a liquid WitchHazel, Benzoin Cream, 25c the bottle,and Delta Cold Cream, a pure vegetable product, smooth and soothing in15, 25 and 50c Jars. We can conscientiously recommend them.THE DELTA DDVG CO.“In Business For Your Health."Always an experienced Pharmacist in chaige.DELTA INDEPENDENTA. M. ANDERSON, Editor and Owner.Entered at the postofficc in Delta, Colorado,as second class mail matter.SUBSCRIPTION RATES.$2.00 a Yoar. SI.OO for Hix Month*.ADVERTISING RATES.Fifty eenU, per angle column inch, per month. Insertionsof one week, only, 15 cent* per inch.Display ■v. changed every two weeks without extrac u irg—, weekly changes 5 cents per inch additional.Copy for change of ads should be supplied not later thanWednesday noon to insure appearance.I ceils, 5 cents per line each issue; to transients 10 centsper line for first issue, 5 cents per line each subsequent insertion. Headed locals 10 cents per line for the head.The Business Men’sAssociation.Delta County has an activeBusiness Men’s Association, butit needs a larger membership,which would give it better cooperation of citizens and greatlyincrease its influence.No one will deny the good thatcan be accomplished by such anassociation, and this one shouldbe encouraged. Citizens of thetown and county should all takean interest, become members andattend the meetings.At a meeting held at the CourtHouse Monday night it was decided to inaugurate what has become known as the “Greeleyplan” for increasing interest, byhaving the ladies of one of thechurches prepare evening dinnerat 6 o’clock, the citizens of thetown to be invited to the dinner,each man paying for his dinnerand then attending the association meeting to be held immediately after. These dinners willbe rotated among the churchesand will form an interestingsocial feature of the BusinessMen’s Association meetings. Itwas decided by the committee onthis matter to have the first ofthe dinners by the Methodistladies, on Monday, November-4,immediately after which thebusiness meeting of the association would be held at Odd Fellows Hall.As a matter of fact very muchdepends upon a good, active commercial association in any countythat is trying to keep abreast ofthe times. The last ColoradoAssembly recognized this whenit passed the law authorizingcounty commissioners in the stateto levy a tax of one-fifth of onemill on the taxable property of acounty to create a fund for advertising its resources and products. That Act reads as follows:Section 1. The Boards ofCounty Commissioners of theseveral counties within the stateof Colorado, or any of them, arehereby authorized and empowered to levy a special tax on thetaxable property within their respective counties for the purposeof creating a fund not exceedingTen Thousand Dollars in any oneyear to be used for advertisingthe county for the purpose ofencouraging immigration and increasing trade in the products ofthe State of Colorado, providedthe total tax levies for such purpose in any one year shall notexceed one-fifth of one mill oneach dollar of taxable propertyaccording to tjie assessment roll,and provided further that themoneys appropriated under thisact shall be expended only underthe direction of regularly organized and incorporated Boards ofTrade, Chambers of Commerceor Commercial Associations,either State or Local in character.There is plenty of argumentin favor of such a tax in a countylike Delta, particularly when itwould amount to so little to eachproperty holder, and it solvesthe problem of raising a veryimportant fund; a fund which,properly expended, would increase the value of every dollar’sworth of property a good manymills, instead of one-fifth of amill, which it would cost the taxpayer. The difficulty in raisingand maintaining such a fund byprivate subscription lies in thefact that a part will give freely,while many will not. Then, whena county takes hold of such amatter it immediately becomesone of public interest.Such Associations, having formembership all the enterprisingcitizens and property ownersof the county, could do vastgood for the whole county,and the Independent believesthat the Delta county commissioners, with the sanction of thetaxpayers of the county, couldrender excellent service and bringabout great future benefits bytaking this matter up. At anyrate it is a good subject for discussion.There is an increased flow ofgold to Europe just now but ourripened corn will soon entice itback again.An exchange thinks that Roosevelt is about the only man nowwho could inspire confidence in anorth pole expedition.After gazing upon the ampleform of Secretary Taft the littleJaps have coucluded that anounce of prudence is better thana ton of valor.Wheat is 30 cents a bushelhigher than it was a year agoand grain generally has advanced. What about that oldquestion: "Does farming pay?”When a man boasts that hecame to a town with only a dollarin his pocket and grew rich in afew years, the conclusion to bedrawn is: There were otherpockets.The Durango Herald remarks.‘ ‘The hen is a mighty big assetand the fanner who fails torecognize this is losing sight of amighty big factor in the wheelof fortune.”Seven submarines of the octopus type are to be added to thenavy. Any hostile ship thatattempted to get frisky along ourAtlantic shores would be likelyto get stung.The American people pay verylittle attention to talk of panicbecause of the decline of anystock that has been watered.Puncturing the fictions does notbring hard times.Beautiful autumn weather hasbeen characteristic of the weekat Delta. Leaves and vines arevari-hued, nights and morningsjust cool enough to be crisp, withclear, warm, sunny days.When it -comes to "startingsomething,” there are alwaystwo grave doubts: One that wemay not be able to finish whatwe start, the other that we maybe unable to stop what we havestarted.There are symptoms that England is growing weary of herJapanese ' alliance. Some goodjudges from the first have considered the partnership one ofthe greatest mistakes Englandever made.The “full dinner pail” hasbeen full so long that the emptyone is rapidly becoming a matterof ancient history. Still it shouldnot be forgotten that carelessness and forgetfulness are oftencriminal in their results.The Western Slope is an Empire within itself. The mattersof its more complete settlement,development and advancementare in the hands of its population. They can make it whatjthey please. There is no limitto its greatness.Mr. Bryan’s lecture in NewYork in December will be on“The Needs of Democracy.” Itis presumed that the effort willtake every night for about twoweeks.If this matter of “too muchprosperity” continues, and cannot be curbed in any other way,it may become necessary to electanother Democratic administration in the sometime future. Thepeople always have that one wayleft to check the thing.In Ohio, which led off in the2-cents-a-mile rate for passengers, the receipts from this sourcefor the year ending June 30 lastshowed an increase of $1,332,282,from which must be deducted adecrease of $55,645 reported byten small roads off the main lineof travel. As a whole, there isnothing confiscatory or discouraging to the railroads in thesefigures.—Globe Democrat.A neighboring paper tells of aminer who was going to his cabinin the dark. He had been drinking some and on his way fell intoan old shaft. As he fell he caughta cross timber at the top of theshaft, to which he hung for dearlife. While holding to the timberhe shouted for help but receivedno encouraging answer. Thenprayed for safety. Finally beingunable to hold longer he let goand fell exactly six inches. Getting up and rubbing the crampout of his hands he exclaimed:“This is what I call an imposition!”As to Foreign Ads.Within the past two monthsthe Independent has had perhaps fifty letters from outsideadvertisers and advertising: agencies asking for space by contractThe prices offered range all theway from 26c. on the dollar tp75 per cent of regular prices, andmost of the applicants wantedspecial positions. The reply wasthe same to all: That no favoritism would be shown foreign advertisers over home advertisers,either in price or position; thatthe Independent would makecontracts with advertisers whowere responsible, at exactly thesame rate home people werecharged, where the advertisingmatter offered was not objectionable. So far we have not madebut one or two advertising contracts on the many propositionsoffered, and we shall not lose awink of sleep in case we nevermake another one.This matter of "foreign advertising” has been given much discussion by the press of the country, and by editorial and pressassociations at their meetings;but there is just one way tohandle it, and that is for all thepapers to make this kind of astand. There is no reason whythat class of would-be patronsshould be favored above those athome, whose prosperity and interests are identical with thoseof the home paper, and whenevera publisher discriminates in sucha manner he does his home patrons an injustice and would beentitled to lose their custom.Yet there are scores of localpapers that are taking such advertisements at from less thanregular rates to less than onehalf regular rates—just becausethey come from away—and taking long chances of getting beatout of the pay, besides.For Sato.Two and one-half miles from Olathe,—IOO acres line mesa land,—a mixtureof sand, loam and adobe, suitable forpotatoes, sugar beets or grain. Has arecord of 120 bushels of oats to thencro-Jii of a cubic foot per second ofwater from ditch with number 9 priority. No buildings but well fenced.466.00 per acre. If interested writeA. I. Cook,tf Box 48, Delta, Colo.21 metis at the Home Cafe $4.00.IF. P. HUNT & CO.To Our Friends and Patrons:We wish to express our sincere gratitude for yourmanifest sympathy because of the great loss we havesustained in the death of our warm friend and business« associate F. P. Hunt. While we cannot fill his placein your high esteem, we shall continue the business heloved so well, and pushed to such remarkable prosperity,to the best of our ability. It is only fair to the public tosay that the affairs of the firm were left in the most excellent financial condition.W. B. Stockham has taken charge of the businessand will care for it in the future, adjusting claims of everysort to the satisfaction of all.Yours sincerely,W. B. STOCKHAM,A. H. STOCKHAM.F. P. HUNT & CO.✓LIST PROPERTYAND BUY LAND—of theFitzgerald-DermodyCompany, Delta, ColoradoC. S. GIBBS, Gty Business and Insurance.Colorado Phone Black 272 Co-Op Phone 32N. H. CASTLE & CO.Real Estate, Loans, InsurancePublic Auctioneer.DELTA, COLOBADO.DELTA LAND COMPANY...Succmots t 0...Uncompahgre Valley Real Estate Co.Farm Lands, Ranches, Fruit OrchardsTown Property.LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US FOR QUICK SALESam Farmer, Pre». H. O. Bear, Vice Pree. Jno. Forrest, Sec’ySubscribe for the Independent.A. E. LUCESUCCESSOR TOA. CARTWRIGHTSanitaryPlumberNEW STOCKPROMPT SERVICEPrices Right. Estimates Furnished those who contemplatebuilding.Co-Op. Phone 66GUY M. BLAIRExclusive Dealer inSomerset Coal=54.50 a Ten --*■BUS AND TRANSFER WORK ASPECIALTY.On and after Jan. 1, 1907, coalwill be cash on delivery. ICEDAREDGE HOTELNew ManagementRefurnished and thoroughlyrenovatedUp-to-date Table and ServiceJ. C. ROWBOTHAM, Prop.CEDAREDGE. . COLORADOBenzoin CreamW.jCTer Ml to rarninnonil thla Creamtreasure Ula oar own-mad. I>y ■». W.know what It l»-know that II la a anparloiart.lcla. Hph’inlirf for roo.li rctl akin.PBOPLB»a PHARMACY.